Middle Ages Old Marcus

on tap at the brewery. Dark brown with little to no head. Kind of thickish syrupy feel with some alcohol in the finish. Good beer to have with a meal. Wouldn’t buy again

Cask at Barcade. The end of the cask with associated yeast. Muddy dark brown beer. Aroma of soft earthy chocolate, caramelly maltiness and a very yeasty flavour. The finish shows a lovely UK earthy/spicy hop flavour. Earthy and fairly persistent bitterness. Even in this condition, it’s not bad, and if I’d arrived a bit earlier it would have been even better. Some fairly assertive cherry/berry esters. Lingering cocoa.

Cask at Barcade. Dark orangy brown in color. Some fruit in the aroma. The taste was also very sweet and fruity, and the alcohol was slightly noticable. Good mouthfeel; enjoyable.

Sampled at the brewery. Dark brown and no head in the plastic cup. Not as strong as I would expect from an ESA. Pleasant though. Sharp, hoppy finish.

Sample at brewery, Dark golden colour. Little head retention. Aroma is sweet and mute mainly a surupy aroma. Palate is slick with hop hints and light bitters.

Cask at Mahars. Pours with big bubbly head, orange color. Aroma is euro hops, grassy. Flavor is grassy hops, and somewhat light and sweet.

(cask @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Coppery color with a thin tan head. Aroma is a small amount of hops mixed with a big nose of malts and lots of butter. The taste was very malty and buttery. Almost too buttery. Some slight hops at the end, but not that much. Aftertaste had some floral notes to it.

Cask at Mahars. Deep amber body. Aroma is English hops, caramel and the Middle Ages yeast. I really liked the cask mouthfeel, but this wasn’t all that tasty. I felt like a beer god for seeing a castle thing on the tap nozzle, then tasting it and realizing this was Middle Ages.